Exploration Fawcett

Exploration Fawcett

by Percy Fawcett
Exploration Fawcett

Exploration Fawcett

by Percy Fawcett

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Overview

The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z.

The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the location of a lost city; he had set out with two companions, one of whom was his eldest son, to destination 'Z', never to be heard of again. His younger son, Brian Fawcett, has compiled this book from letters and records left by his father, whose last written words to his wife were: 'You need have no fear of any failure . . .' This is the thrilling and mysterious account of Fawcett's ten years of travels in deadly jungles and forests in search of a secret city.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780753827901
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/20/2017
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 550,506
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett was born in 1867 in Devon, England. At the age of nineteen he was given a commission in the Royal Artillery. He served in Ceylon for several years where he met and married his wife. Later he performed secret service work in North Africa. Fawcett found himself bored with Army life and learned the art of surveying, hoping to land a more interesting job. Then in 1906 came the offer from the Society: His ticket to adventure.

Table of Contents

Prologuexv
IThe Lost Mines of Muribeca1
IIThe Stone Idol12
IIIPath to Adventure18
IVFringe of the Wilderness31
VRubber Boom43
VIBorn to Sorrow55
VIIThe Acre66
VIIIRiver of Evil79
IXUnsavoury Interlude94
XPoisoned Hell110
XIUnlucky Thirteen126
XIIGood Savage139
XIIIRoof of the World154
XIVThe Turn of the Road168
XVBulls and Bultos175
XVIA Prehistoric Peep190
XVIIThe Front Door208
XVIIIFeeling the Way221
XIXThe Veil of the Primeval227
XXIn the Dawn239
XXIThe Veil Descends249
XXIIThe Darkest Continent261
Epilogue
IThrough the Veil275
IIThe New Prester John292
Index and Glossary305
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